01/2016-present Wayne State University Detroit, MI Ph.D., Anthropology and Historical Archaeology
2016-2016 Wayne State University Detroit, MI Master of Arts, Anthropology , Historical Archaeology • Masters thesis: “Archaeology of Food Sovereignty in Detroit, a Critical Analysis of the Past and Present Food Landscape of the Motor City” • Anthropology Graduate Student Association, 2014, Wayne State University Undergraduate Liaison • Anthropology Graduate Conference Committee 2014, Wayne State University Student Conference Planner.
2004-2010 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI Bachelor of Science in Anthropology and Archaeology • 8 week CRM-oriented field school, survey, excavation and analyses training. • Study Abroad Program: studied cultural history in Mexico for two months. • Anthropology Honors Society, 2006-2010, Eastern Michigan University RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE 2010-2016 Russian ABC Learning Center, Ann Arbor, MI Program Director Facilitated grant writing and ethnographic research for an educational not-for-profit organization. 2015-present Urban Studies and Planning Department, Wayne State University Research Assistant Project Supervisor: Kameshwari Pothukuchi Assisted in implementing a fellowship program aimed at local food systems education in the city of Detroit. Transcription, data analysis, informal interviews. Project funded by the Kellogg Foundation 2014-2015 Anthropology Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Research Assistant Just Food for Detroit: Groceries, Ethics, and Governance in the Resilient City, Detroit MI Project Supervisors: Dr. Andrew Newman and Dr. Yuson Jung Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Assisted in ethnographic research project conducted in the city of Detroit Transcription and data analysis, informant interviews. Project funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. 2015 Roosevelt Park Excavation, Detroit, MI Field Technician Phase 1 and 2 Archaeological survey, artifact analysis. 2014-2016 Unearthing Detroit: Collections Based Archaeological Research, Detroit, MI Project Assistant Faunal remains analysis. Original research publication in progress 2014 Tommy’s Bar Excavation: A Collaborative archaeology project with Preservation Detroit. Detroit, MI. Field Technician, Student Researcher Excavation and archival research 2010-2016 Warner Bicentennial Farm Project, Brighton MI Field Technician Participated in an ongoing excavation and artifact analysis of a historic homestead. 2008 Archaeological Investigations at the Lower Huron Metropark, Belleville, MI Field Technician Phase 1 archaeological survey 2007 Archaeological Investigations at the Lower Huron Metropark 2006: The Eastern Michigan University Archaeology Field School, Belleville, MI Phase 1 and Phase 2 archaeological survey, artifact analysis
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2016 Wayne State University Archaeological Methods Class, Detroit, MI Invited Lecturer "Zooarchaeology: Interpreting Faunal Remains" lecture and workshop. 2016 Association for the Study of Food and Society, Toronto, ON Paper, “Food Sovereignty in Detroit, Archaeology of the Motor City’s food Landscapes” 2016 Transformations Wayne State Graduate Student Conference, Detroit, MI Paper “Food Sovereignty in Detroit, Past and Present” 2016 Wayne State University Humanities Brownbag Lectures Presentation “Good Food, Better City? Politics, Pedagogy, and the Reimagining of Detroit’s Food Landscape” 2015 Society for Historical Archeology, Seattle, WA Poster “Dining in Detroit” 2015 Association for the Study of Food and Society, Pittsburgh, PA Co-authored a paper “Good Food, Better City? Politics, Pedagogy, and the Reimagining of Detroit’s Food Landscape” (Yuson Jung, Andrew Newman, Erika Carillo, Jaroslava Pallas). American Association of Anthropologists, Denver, CO, 2015 Paper “The Archaeology of Food Sovereignty in Detroit: Past and Present of the Motor City’s Food Landscape” accepted to the AAA Annul Meeting in Denver, Colorado. . AWARDS 2016-2017 Academic year Graduate Professional Scholarship Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2016 Graduate School Completion Scholarship Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2015 Anthropology Master’s Completion Fellowship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2014 Coleman “Steve” Demeter Memorial Anthropology Museum Endowed Graduate Scholarship in the Gordon L. Grosscup Anthropology
MEMBERSHIPS American Anthropological Association Society for Historical Archaeology Agricultural History Society The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums